An Iranian criminal court has ordered a woman to perform 270 hours of unpaid public service, specifically cleaning public spaces, for the “political sin” of failing to adhere to the country's ...

This week on 60 Minutes, correspondent Lesley Stahl met Masih Alinejad, an Iranian activist living in Brooklyn who has been targeted by the Iranian regime for encouraging women in Iran to stop wearing ...

Women across Iran staged a protest against their government by walking in public areas without a hijab. The protest happened on July 12 and was documented across social media by women using the ...

I have worn a hijab for the majority of my life, until recently. I started wearing it regularly around age 12. Unlike women in countries like Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Afghanistan, I was never compelled ...

She spoke with ABC's Martha Raddatz for "This Week." The wife of the president of Iran defended a law passed this week designed to impose harsher sentences on women who do not wear hijabs in public, ...

Aya Elamroussi says being Muslim in America is hard enough. But “being visibly Muslim and a woman, oftentimes while also being a person of color, adds a layer of nuance that impacts how Muslim women ...

A Muslim woman said she was discriminated against after a Pepsi Center employee demanded she remove her hijab before entering the Denver arena. Gazella Bensreiti, 36, a mother of three girls, said in ...

A Star Trek fan gave her cosplay ode to Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge — the character played by LeVar Burton on Star Trek: The Next Generation — a personal twist by adding a hijab in a nod to ...

Hajah Bah, left, and Fatmata Mansaray outside Freedom High School in Woodbridge, Va., on June 8. Fatmata said she was harassed by administrators every time she wore a hijab and had to obtain a note ...

Melanie Elturk turned to her faith and love of fashion to empower Muslim women. Melanie Elturk said she first started wearing a hijab full time when she was a freshman in high school. It was 1998 in ...